Brief History of Reef Restoration Activities in the Biscayne Region

In our presentation, we will describe the development and achievements of the coral propagation and restoration program started by the University of Miami in Biscayne National Park in 2007. We will describe our research on the growth and survivorship of different genotypes of staghorn coral both in the nursery and once outplanted onto different reefs, the impacts of damselfish occupation, bleaching and disease outbreaks, the genotypic and genetic structure of staghorn populations, and the physical and genetic connectivity of staghorn populations across the Florida Reef Tract.